Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 8: 26-30
Psalm: 12 (13): 4-5.6

Gospel: Lk 13: 22-30

In those days, Jesus went through one town and village after another, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?”

He said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. When once the owner of the house has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, “Lord, open to us,’ then in reply he will say to you, “I do not know where you come from.’ Then you will begin to say, “We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ But he will say, “I do not know where you come from; go away from me, all you evildoers!’ 

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrown out. 

Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God. Indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.” Read more »

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Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 8: 18-25
Psalm: 125 (126): 1-2ab.2cd-3.4-5.6

Gospel: Lk 13: 18-21

In those days, Jesus said: “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.” 

And again he said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.” Read more »

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Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 8: 12-17
Psalm: 67 (68): 2 & 4. 6-7ab. 20-21

Gospel: Lk 13: 10-17

Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 

When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.” 

But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! … Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 8, 1-11
Psalm: 23 (24), 1-2.3-4ab.5-6

Gospel: Lk 13, 1-9

In those days, there were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did.” 

Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, “See here! … Read more »

First Reading: Rom 7, 18-25a
Psalm: 118 (119), 66.68.76.77.93.94

Gospel: Lk 12, 54-59

In those days, Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, “It is going to rain’; and so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, “There will be scorching heat’; and it happens. You hypocrites! … Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 6, 19-23
Psalm: 1, 1-2.3.4 & 6

Gospel: Lk 12, 49-53

In those days, Jesus said to his disciples: “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? … Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 6, 12-18
Psalm: 123 (124), 1-3.4-6.7-8

Gospel: Lk 12, 39-48

In those days, Jesus said to his disciples: “But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.” 

Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?” And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and prudent manager whom his master will put in charge of his slaves, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives. 

Truly I tell you, he will put that one in charge of all his possessions. But if that slave says to himself, “My master is delayed in coming,’ and if he begins to beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk, the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and put him with the unfaithful. 

That slave who knew what his master wanted, but did not prepare himself or do what was wanted, will receive a severe beating. But the one who did not know and did what deserved a beating will receive a light beating… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 5: 12.15b.17-19.20b-21
Psalm: 39 (40): 7-8a.8b-9.10.17

Gospel: Lk 12: 35-38

In those days, Jesus told his diciples: “Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. 

Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them. If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves. 

Saint of the day: Saint Paul of the Cross, priest Read more »

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Saint Luke, Evangelist – Feast
Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Tim 4: 10-17b
Psalm: 144: 10-13. 17-18

Gospel: Lk 10: 1-9

In those days, the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest. Go on your way… Read more »